I'm tired of cooking/preparing 3 meals a day. It's just the two of us but boy oh boy can that woman eat!! She stays slimish, I get fattish. It's bad enough I do everything here much less start making her one thing and me the other. At times I feel guilty when I buy her fast food cuz of the nutritional value....not to mention I eat it too.
Check in with an update when it’s convenient for you. As always, wishing you all the best!
How are things. Hoping your being out of here a few hours means you are RESTING.
My cousin was one of a kind.
I love researching our family history and she was the person who knew everything!
We were amazed by her optimism. She loved to travel and would tell us about her upcoming trips.
She outlived her husband by many years and it certainly didn’t stop her from enjoying her life.
What are you doing to take care of YOU?
For me, I am, in my current state of limbo, re-reading all of Sue Grafton's books starting with A is for Alibi. I am up to F is for Fugitive when Kindle Unlimited decided to CHARGE me for them, and now my library hold card is filled with her alphabet.
What a fun thing to sink into bed with coffee heavy with cream, the heat pad on my back, and Sue Grafton's wonderful world of the 80s per her P.I. Kinsey Millhone.
It really is another kinder, gentler world for a while (if full of cigarette smoke; they smoked in HOSPITALS if you recall! I sure did!)
So what is bringing you some seconds of peace? My daughter is currently dealing with some "stuff" and for her it's collage. Freeing of the mind with sticky fingers.
Give yourself some downtime that is restorative. I am thinking of you so much.
@NeedHelp, Amazing story that cousin "doing well" to 100. OMG that's guts! My condolences on her loss, but who can kick about such a life??
I get it. I would forget to take my BP meds. My daughter told me to set an alarm on my phone.
Glad you are okay. Take care of yourself. Get some rest. Hugs!
You can't afford to risk your health for HIM as well as for yourself.
Thanks for the cautionary tale. This was a hard won lesson. I am thankful you got yourself into care before you did yourself a tiny stroke of some kind. Or worse.
You MUST take some time for you. Must.
I came home from the hospital last night dead tired and feeling spacey. I took my BP and it was 170+/140+.
I realized my bottle of BP meds was in front of me. I had been toting them around since the ambulance on Monday but I not sure if I taken any this week. Maybe one?
I texted my friend the NP and discussed my options. I took a pill. Talked for a few minutes, she told me I should either call my doc or go to ER.
I took BP again and it was 200+/100+.
I knew what my doc would say,(go to ER). So I went in a cab. BP came down a bit with no treatment. All blood work, chest x-ray, heart attack markers, etc were fine.
Came home. Took the day off from hospital. Called my doc. He's prescribing an additional BP med.
Hard to do self care in the thick of things. But do add actually TAKE your meds during a crises. Don't just put the bottle in your tote!!
Glad of hubby being up and about and it's the best way to keep that blood circulating in the right way. Always such a relief when patients can get moving at all. What good news.
Back when I used to make and pain a lot of earrings I made a pair just white with slashed of primary colors town top to bottom, and the word "lifesaver" in Silver painted vertically down them. Used to wear them to work and risk patients tearing them out of my ears. Ended having to make them for the whole 8th floor crew. I think you would get a pair for certain. What a lifesaver you have been here! And I am so glad they all recognize that.
Country Mouse responded on the thread above a couple of weeks ago.
Glad things are better Barb
I, too, miss CountryMouse and wonder how she is on 'the other side of the pond.'
Yay 😁!
Fantastic news! One step at a time, right?
So happy to hear this news.
I wonder how Countrymouse is doing. I miss seeing her posts. Talk about a knowledgeable and extremely sensible woman. She never pulled any punches. She told it like it was. I have a lot of respect for her and learned from her too.
The only reason I know how to operate and bedpan and chucks is because of what I've learned here over the years.
My husband was beyond grateful...and shocked that I knew how to do this. I said you guys get all the credit. Especially CountryMouse, wherever she is
It sounds like you have a terrific relationship with your stepdaughter. I am glad that you told her about her dad.
Hope things are still going well.
My mom, a very wise woman, who, as a medical secretary during WWII did lots of the jobs usually reserved for RNs (because the RNs were all in the Service) used to tell me that when someone is the hospital "you need the standing up person and the lying down person". It was such a a funny way to phrase, but it's always stuck with me.
Good news. And that doc is right.
I saved my husband as well after a potentially fatal complication after surgery . I took him back to the hospital a few days after surgery .
My DH tells people that I keep him alive .
It was a proud moment. And my bonus daughter thanked (after the initial procedure) for taking such good care of her dad. I told her that everyone needs a hobby.
Drink some water. Deep breaths. Thanks for keeping us up to date.